You will find the locations of all Recipe Books that contain weapons on this page. They are listed in the order in which you will probably find them during the main story.

Fist Forays Into Forging¶

• Obtained whenever you get the Fun-Sized Forge from Erik in The Manglegrove

I Love Iron Arms¶

• Reward for completing 06 Smiths and Sparkly Spots

So You Want to Be a Witch¶

• On a bookshelf on the first floor of the Gallopolis Inn

A Slender Sword of Solid Silver¶

• Found in a chest on the central platform (requires some climbing) in western Laguna di Gondolia

Cutting-Edge¶

• Reward for completing 09 A Lovely Letter

Smithing with Steel¶

• Found on a bookshelf inside The Warrior’s Rest Inn

Building Butterfly Bric-a-Brac¶

• On a bookshelf in the Octagonia orphanage

Your Crafting Career Starts Here¶

• On bookshelf in house near restaurant in Puerto Valor

Building a Blade of Blistering Brutality¶

• In a chest behind the counter in the weapon shop in Lonalulu

Lashings of Class¶

• Gotten by accepting 19 Making Things Right

Electrifying Equipment¶

• Found in a chest on The Eerie Eyrie

Build Better Birds’ Feet¶

• In a chest behind a waterfall in The Eerie Eyrie

Dragony Designs¶

• On a bookshelf in a house south of the weapons shop in Phnom Nonh

Knick-Knacks for Nifty Nickers¶

• In a chest behind the ruins in Phnom Nonh

Making the Magic Happen¶

• In a chest behind the Magic Key door in Gallopolis

Divine Designs¶

• In a chest behind the Magic Key door in Gondolia

Supercool Kit¶

• In a chest behind the cabin in the northern part of the Snaerfelt

Platinum Power¶

• On a bookshelf on the second floor of the Sniflheim Inn (after thawed)

How to Outdo the Undead¶

• In a chest found in the First Forest

The Devil’s in the Details¶

• Found on a bookshelf in Jasper’s Quarters on the bottom floor of Heliodor Castle

A Recipe Book of Regal Regalia¶

• On a bookshelf in King’s Bedchamber on middle floor of Heliodor Castle

More Dragony Designs¶

• Found on Mount Pang Lai - Slopes, in a chest on a ledge just past the bridge

The Mothmask Prophecies¶

• Purchase from Puerto Valor Casino for 1,000 Tokens during second part of game

Snowfield Styles¶

• In a chest at the dead end just north of the shelter that’s by the Viking Hideout

Fine Fashions for Philosophers¶

• Reward for completing Quest 41 A Ballad of Bravery

Making the Most of Mythril¶

• Reward for completing Quest 44 The Search for the Sage’s Stone

Secrets of the Sunken Spirit¶

• Reward for completing Quest 39 Marking a Momentous Occasion

Even More Dragony Designs¶

• In a chest at the Hotto Steppe (North) Whale Way Station

Things to Do with Metal Goo¶

• Reward for completing Quest 43 A Long-Lost Literary Love

In Fine Fettle with Liquid Metal¶

• Chest on Level 3 (exterior) of the Fortress of Fear

Good Godly Gear¶

• In a chest in the northwest corner of the outside of the Tower of Lost Time

A Hero’s Book of Basic Weapons¶

• In a chest inside the Tower of Lost Time

Sizzling Styles¶

• Behind the Ultimate Key door on The Hotto Steppe - Northern Whale Way Station

Sage Advice¶

• Behind the Ultimate Key door on Sniflheim - Whale Way Station

Uberswords Illustrated¶

• Prize in Octagonia Casino in Act 3 (70,000 Tokens)

A Hero’s Book to Better Weapons¶

• In a chest in The Disciple’s Trial - The Eerie Valley

Supreme Secrets of the Sword of Light¶

• One of the five wishes when completing the Drustan Trials

Making Things with Metal Kings¶

• Reward for turning in 110 Mini Medals

Ye Manifold Methods of Mighty Drustan¶

• In a chest on Level 1 of The Luminary’s Trial - Citadel of Spite

If I Could Turn Back Time¶

• In a chest on Level 4 of The Luminary’s Trial - Citadel of Spite

Big Hitters of the Battlefield¶

• In a chest on Level 4 of The Luminary’s Trial - Citadel of Spite

The Emperor’s New Axe¶

• Reward for completing the First Trial of the Wheel of Harma

Bottling Lightning¶

• Reward for completing the Second Trial of the Wheel of Harma in 15 turns or less

Orichalcum: Ore Blimey¶

• Reward for completing the Final Trial of the Wheel of Harma

A Hero’s Book of Brilliant Weapons¶

• Obtained from Drustan after making all five wishes from Trials